Head Start now offering in-home option

By The PDH

Published 12:45 pm, Thursday, September 23, 2010

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The South Plains Community Action Association Head Start program in Plainview offers a home-based option to children and families in Hale County. This option allows for children and families to participate in education in the comfort of their own homes.

Like other Head Start programs, the Home Base option provides comprehensive services in education/child development, medical and dental health, nutrition, mental health, social services and parent involvement. The unique aspect of this program option is that these services are provided during weekly homes visits, bi-weekly group socialization events and some field trips.

The Head Start program serves children ages 3 and 4. Children must have turned 3 but not yet 5 by Sept. 1, 2010, to enroll in the program for the 2010-11 school year. Selection is need-based and considers age, income, life circumstances, employment and disabilities. Ten percent of funded enrollment is reserved specifically for children with disabilities.

Applications are being accepted. For more information about the program or how to apply call 806-293-4396 and ask for Hale County Home Base.

Head Start is a nation-wide program that began in 1965 under the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson. The program is considered by many to be one of the most successful federal programs in history, and Head Start preschools can be found in nearly every county of the country.